I've seen those rumors this afternoon, and I think I'm still digesting the info (if it proves to be accurate). My first thought is that the Enterprise-D just shot up to #1 on my most anticipated sets of the year. Beyond that, I imagine it's still possible that the set will look good - the rumored size is 37 x 31 x 10 inches, which gives a lot of space with which to work. If this is truly half a sphere (setting aside the obvious inconsistency of 37 x 31 being the cross section of a sphere), then I think I'd much rather have a hinged skeleton and exterior plating to swing closed onto the half the sphere with the diorama. I don't think I can imagine buying a 2nd set at $1k to complete the sphere. If there had been more unique, well done or highly desired minifigs that you could part out, it would've been a lot easier to justify a second set. I'm going to withhold judgment until we see photos of the set, but at first blush, this has certainly been disappointing news.